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| Table 176. | Fall enrollment and number of institutions of higher education, by affiliation\1\ of institution: 1980 to 1994 |
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| Enrollment | Number of
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|institutions\2\
| | | | Fall 1994\3\ |---------------
Affiliation | Total, | Total, | Total, |--------------------------------------------------------| |
| fall | fall | fall | | Full-time | Part-time | Fall | Fall
| 1980 | 1990 | 1993 | Total |----------------------|---------------------| 1980 | 1994
| | | | | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
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All institutions............................|12,096,895 | 13,818,637 | 14,304,803 |14,278,790 | 3,855,183 |4,282,593 |2,516,715 |3,624,299 | 3,226 | 3,561
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Public institutions...........................| 9,457,394 | 10,844,717 | 11,189,088 |11,133,680 | 2,813,226 |3,137,594 |2,116,842 |3,066,018 | 1,493 | 1,595
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Private institutions..........................| 2,639,501 | 2,973,920 | 3,115,715 | 3,145,110 | 1,041,957 |1,144,999 | 399,873 | 558,281 | 1,733 | 1,966
Independent nonprofit ......................| 1,521,614 | 1,471,446 | 1,496,888 | 1,506,879 | 515,731 | 527,373 | 200,989 | 262,786 | 795 | 719
Proprietary ................................| 111,714 | 213,693 | 226,818 | 235,003 | 85,309 | 79,875 | 36,805 | 33,014 | 164 | 314
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Religiously affiliated......................| 1,006,173 | 1,288,781 | 1,392,009 | 1,403,228 | 440,917 | 537,751 | 162,079 | 262,481 | 774 | 933
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Advent Christian Church ..................| 143 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1 | ---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ..| 1,091 | 88 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3 | ---
African Methodist Episcopal ..............| 4,541 | 3,220 | 3,643 | 3,799 | 1,572 | 1,960 | 111 | 156 | 6 | 6
American Baptist .........................| 6,131 | 10,800 | 11,767 | 12,221 | 2,821 | 3,576 | 1,895 | 3,929 | 11 | 12
American Evangelical Lutheran Church .....| --- | --- | 819 | 814 | 434 | 263 | 46 | 71 | --- | 1
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American Lutheran and Lutheran Church in | | | | | | | | | |
America.................................| 3,092 | --- | 1,324 | 1,335 | 343 | 481 | 231 | 280 | 3 | 1
American Lutheran ........................| 21,608 | --- | 10,138 | 10,163 | 3,727 | 4,530 | 433 | 1,473 | 13 | 9
Assemblies of God Church .................| 7,814 | 8,307 | 9,045 | 9,493 | 4,236 | 4,172 | 558 | 527 | 10 | 13
Baptist ..................................| 38,231 | 99,314 | 102,041 | 100,991 | 35,282 | 42,267 | 10,429 | 13,013 | 33 | 64
Brethren Church ..........................| 3,925 | 958 | 1,463 | 1,447 | 581 | 615 | 144 | 107 | 3 | 3
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Brethren in Christ Church ................| 1,301 | 2,239 | 2,330 | 2,344 | 921 | 1,376 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church .| 1,705 | 2,519 | 3,139 | 3,386 | 1,367 | 1,565 | 165 | 289 | 3 | 4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ...| 14,913 | 30,397 | 31,360 | 32,629 | 6,537 | 9,925 | 6,860 | 9,307 | 12 | 16
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.| 1,342 | 2,263 | 3,016 | 3,394 | 1,463 | 1,328 | 323 | 280 | 7 | 11
Christian Methodist Episcopal ............| 2,486 | 2,174 | 2,240 | 2,456 | 963 | 1,259 | 104 | 130 | 4 | 3
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Christian Reformed Church ................| 5,408 | 4,488 | 3,956 | 4,075 | 1,755 | 1,990 | 184 | 146 | 3 | 2
Church of Christ (Scientist) .............| 2,773 | 2,557 | 4,043 | 4,222 | 1,770 | 1,851 | 345 | 256 | 6 | 5
Church of God of Prophecy ................| --- | 249 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Church of God ............................| 6,082 | 5,627 | 6,441 | 4,534 | 1,668 | 1,964 | 442 | 460 | 9 | 7
Church of New Jerusalem ..................| 170 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1 | ---
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Church of the Brethren ...................| 8,482 | 4,463 | 2,852 | 2,870 | 1,014 | 1,481 | 154 | 221 | 6 | 3
Church of the Nazarene ...................| 11,716 | 10,779 | 13,852 | 14,450 | 5,117 | 6,291 | 1,212 | 1,830 | 10 | 10
Churches of Christ .......................| 9,343 | 14,331 | 22,157 | 22,495 | 7,824 | 8,390 | 2,951 | 3,330 | 9 | 14
Cumberland Presbyterian ..................| 594 | 746 | 734 | 715 | 299 | 226 | 84 | 106 | 2 | 2
Evangelical Congregational Church ........| 80 | 88 | 98 | 95 | 18 | 2 | 57 | 18 | 1 | 1
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Evangelical Convent Church of America ....| 1,401 | 1,035 | 1,417 | 1,650 | 484 | 622 | 219 | 325 | 1 | 1
Evangelical Free Church of America .......| 833 | 2,355 | 3,743 | 3,840 | 1,394 | 1,096 | 925 | 425 | 1 | 4
Evangelical Lutheran Church ..............| 743 | 49,210 | 36,755 | 38,218 | 13,888 | 18,360 | 2,194 | 3,776 | 3 | 26
Free Methodist ...........................| 5,543 | 5,902 | 8,269 | 8,375 | 2,919 | 3,878 | 634 | 944 | 5 | 5
Free Will Baptist Church .................| 1,132 | 1,177 | 1,197 | 1,312 | 395 | 419 | 276 | 222 | 4 | 2
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Friends United Meeting ...................| 1,109 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1 | ---
Friends ..................................| 5,157 | 5,844 | 6,529 | 6,586 | 2,486 | 3,164 | 410 | 526 | 5 | 6
General Conference Mennonite Church ......| 820 | 1,243 | 841 | 899 | 358 | 462 | 34 | 45 | 2 | 1
Greek Orthodox ...........................| 204 | 148 | 171 | 197 | 147 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1
Interdenominational ......................| 1,254 | 11,103 | 5,244 | 6,342 | 2,958 | 2,476 | 529 | 379 | 4 | 10
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Jewish ...................................| 5,738 | 15,628 | 19,942 | 13,153 | 10,440 | 1,752 | 683 | 278 | 24 | 62
Latter-Day Saints ........................| 39,172 | 42,274 | 40,725 | 40,296 | 17,501 | 19,200 | 1,716 | 1,879 | 4 | 3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod ..........| 11,727 | 13,827 | 9,925 | 10,614 | 3,786 | 4,598 | 845 | 1,385 | 15 | 8
Lutheran Church in America ...............| 23,877 | 5,796 | 7,416 | 4,338 | 1,661 | 2,200 | 142 | 335 | 20 | 3
Mennonite Brethren Church ................| 1,344 | 1,864 | 2,115 | 2,161 | 606 | 713 | 258 | 584 | 3 | 3
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Mennonite Church .........................| 4,008 | 2,859 | 3,486 | 3,462 | 1,344 | 1,561 | 203 | 354 | 6 | 5
Missionary Church Inc. ...................| 487 | 699 | 1,158 | 1,201 | 341 | 418 | 142 | 300 | 1 | 1
Moravian Church ..........................| 2,434 | 2,511 | 2,727 | 2,741 | 623 | 1,222 | 307 | 589 | 2 | 2
Multiple Protestant Denominations ........| 5,526 | 211 | 189 | 167 | 30 | 37 | 39 | 61 | 8 | 1
North American Baptist ...................| 155 | --- | 173 | 170 | 70 | 39 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 1
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Pentecostal Holiness Church ..............| 767 | 566 | 916 | 968 | 347 | 357 | 122 | 142 | 3 | 3
Presbyterian U.S. and United Presbyterian.| 47,144 | 76,625 | 72,123 | 69,790 | 26,342 | 31,377 | 4,716 | 7,355 | 57 | 64
Presbyterian Church in America ...........| --- | 1,877 | 3,643 | 3,745 | 1,636 | 1,660 | 267 | 182 | --- | 3
Protestant Episcopal .....................| 5,396 | 4,559 | 4,640 | 4,514 | 1,850 | 2,181 | 172 | 311 | 12 | 11
Protestant, other ........................| 4,072 | 38,136 | 62,238 | 59,870 | 21,109 | 24,494 | 6,687 | 7,580 | 11 | 67
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Reformed Church in America ...............| 2,713 | 5,525 | 5,345 | 5,419 | 2,228 | 2,837 | 146 | 208 | 4 | 4
Reformed Episcopal Church ................| 67 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1 | ---
Reformed Presbyterian Church .............| 2,014 | 1,556 | 1,693 | 1,767 | 673 | 722 | 223 | 149 | 4 | 2
Reorganized Latter-Day Saints Church .....| 4,274 | 4,793 | 9,922 | 10,508 | 2,628 | 1,755 | 2,203 | 3,922 | 2 | 2
Roman Catholic ...........................| 422,842 | 530,742 | 585,722 | 592,119 | 152,121 | 204,746 | 81,816 | 153,436 | 229 | 252
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Russian Orthodox .........................| 47 | --- | 30 | 24 | 20 | --- | 4 | --- | 1 | 1
Seventh-Day Adventists ...................| 19,168 | 15,771 | 16,572 | 17,110 | 6,164 | 7,320 | 1,327 | 2,299 | 11 | 11
Southern Baptist .........................| 85,281 | 49,493 | 43,148 | 45,165 | 14,067 | 15,696 | 7,540 | 7,862 | 54 | 30
Undenominational..........................| --- | 1,714 | 10,760 | 12,304 | 3,874 | 4,847 | 1,844 | 1,739 | --- | 11
Unitarian Universalist ...................| 87 | 82 | 93 | 106 | 30 | 56 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2
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United Brethren Church ...................| 545 | 601 | 565 | 635 | 267 | 273 | 68 | 27 | 1 | 1
United Church of Christ ..................| 14,169 | 19,219 | 23,282 | 24,305 | 6,858 | 10,110 | 2,504 | 4,833 | 16 | 21
United Methodist .........................| 127,099 | 148,851 | 142,031 | 146,935 | 50,413 | 60,966 | 14,143 | 21,413 | 91 | 90
Wesleyan Church ..........................| 3,583 | 5,311 | 6,846 | 7,497 | 2,763 | 3,888 | 345 | 501 | 5 | 3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod .....| 808 | 931 | 1,078 | 1,142 | 532 | 565 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 3
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Other religiously affiliated..............| 462 | 13,136 | 12,882 | 15,655 | 5,852 | 6,138 | 1,576 | 2,089 | 1 | 19
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\1\Religious affiliation as reported by institutions of higher education.
\2\Because data are derived from the "Fall Enrollment" survey, counts of institutions may differ from counts on other tables. \3\Preliminary data. ---Data not applicable or not reported. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared March 1996).
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